ROME, Italy, April 7, 2012 - NoMachine announced today the latest release of NoMachine 4 software. This release, besides fixing the relevant issues collected during previous testing phases, provides a restyled version of the Player and the long-awaited version of the Server for Windows and Mac. Additionally, the server packages now include the NoMachine Player software and a new administrative tool, the NoMachine Service GUI.
 

The NoMachine 4, Preview 6 release offers:

NoMachine for Windows and Mac OS X
This is the server version that connects to remote physical desktops on Windows and Mac OS X, it's available also for Linux. The free, basic version comes with two concurrent connections to the remote desktop.

Advanced multimedia infrastructure
The NoMachine audio infrastructure provides a seamless integration with all of the supported operating systems for streaming multimedia contents (audio, microphone, video). Compatibility with the audio infrastructure of NX Client and Server 3.5.0 is preserved.

Support for Kerberos ticket authentication
System login based on Kerberos authentication is available in NoMachine Player. Kerberos tickets requested on the NoMachine Server host are also supported. Tickets can be forwarded to sessions and used by applications relying on them.

Smartcard authentication
Authentication with system login using a smartcard device and forward of the authentication to the server is now supported by NoMachine  Player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Support for SSHD password change requests
When using the system login, which is now the default, NoMachine Player and Web Player allow a change to the system password once it is expired or upon SSHD request.

A new tool for managing NoMachine services
This new GUI tool, provided with the server packages, enables easy local administration of services on the server side. It allows administrators to  retrieve information, logs, start/stop NoMachine services, modify listen ports and more. The GUI can be accessed via the program menu.
 
The following features are not available as part of this preview release:

- Resource sharing and printing support
- Built-in session recording and playing
- USB forwarding over the network
- Support for SSHD password change request when using the NX login
- Virtualization of smartcard device inside the session
- Multi-node environments, profiles and guest users
- Keyboard grabbing with NoMachine Player on Windows and Mac OS X
- Management of profiles on a per-node basis via NoMachine Server Manager
  web interface
- Fast user switch when connecting to remote desktop on Windows or Mac OS X
- NoMachine Server Manager and Web Player for Windows


Supported NoMachine Server and Player Platforms

Windows 32-bit/64-bit XP/Vista/7

Mac OS X  Intel 64-bit 10.5/10.6/10.7

Linux  32-bit and 64-bit
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6
- SLES 10/11
- Open SUSE 10.x /11.x/12.1
- Mandriva 2009/2010/2011
- Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14/15/16
- Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny/ 6.0 Squeeze
- Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron/8.10 Intrepid Ibex/Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
  Jackalope/9.10 Karmic Koala/10.4 Lucid Lynx/10.10 Maverick/11.04 Natty/11.10 Oneiric

Important Notes

Updating the preview installation of NoMachine 4

Updating the previous installation of the NoMachine software in preview stage is not supported by this release. To install the new package, you must uninstall the previous version, remove the installation directory and proceed with a fresh installation.

Upgrading the NX 3.5.0 installation

Node and server subscription files have been updated for NoMachine 4. For that reason, the 3.x subscription files have to be replaced in order to work with the new server. The upgrade procedure creates a backup of the original server.lic and node.lic files and replaces them with subscription files for evaluation of NoMachine 4.

The general rule for upgrading from version 3.5.0 to version 4 is that the software already installed can be upgraded only by a package that contains the same software. So an NX Client installation or an NX Node or Server installation can be upgraded by a NoMachine Server package version 4.


Instructions for upgrade procedures are detailed here:

http://www.nomachine.com/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR10I00603



Download NoMachine 4

The new version of the NoMachine products is available here:

http://www.nomachine.com/download


Installing the Server Side Package

Any of the NoMachine server packages installs the NoMachine Player,  web tools and a small web server (NoMachine HTTPD).  You can access the web tools by pointing your browser to https://serverHost:4080 where serverHost is either IP or hostname of the machine where you have installed the NoMachine package. Please note that the installation comes with a self-signed SSL certificate intended to be a sample, which doesn't grant a secure connection. In order to secure your web application, please replace the SSL Certificate File, namely /usr/NX/etc/htd.crt and the SSL Certificate Key File /usr/NX/etc/htd.key with your own.

The software installs by default in the '/usr' directory on Linux and 'C:\Program Files' on Windows. On Mac OS X, the package is installed in Applications.

Instructions for Linux use the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo. Otherwise you can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution.

Instructions for RPM , DEB and tar.gz packages refer to the 32 bit package (i686 or i386) and can be easily extended to the 64bit package (x86_64 or amd64).

EXE version
- Download the EXE.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and install it by double clicking on the icon of the  executable: the setup wizard will take you through the installation.

Note that, at this preview stage, the installation requires administrative privileges and a reboot of the host machine is necessary to complete the installation.

DMG version
- Download the DMG.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and double-click on the the disk Image to open it and see package icon. Double-click on the package icon to install the program: the setup wizard will take you through the installation.

Note that, at this preview stage, the installation requires administrative privileges.

RPM version
- Download the RPM.
- Install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo rpm -i nxserver-abc-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm

DEB version
- Download the DEB.
- Install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo dpkg -i nxserver_abc_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb

TAR.GZ version
- Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory.
- Extract the archive by running from a console:
  $ sudo tar xvzf nxserver-abc-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
- Run the setup script for installing the software:
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --install



Installing the Client Side Package

To connect the remote desktop or run a virtual desktop session on the NoMachine server host, install the NoMachine Player package suitable for your operating system. As an alternative, you may run the session from a browser via NoMachine Web Player. NoMachine Web Player is installed with the server package and immediately ready to use.

The software installs by default in the '/usr' directory on Linux and the 'C:\Program Files' on Windows. On Mac OS X, you can drag and drop the dmg to Applications.

Instructions for Linux use the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo. Otherwise you can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution.

Instructions for RPM, DEB and tar.gz packages refer to the 32 bit package (i686 or i386) and can be easily extended to the 64bit package (x86_64 or amd64).

EXE version
- Download the EXE.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and install it by double clicking on the icon of the executable: the setup  wizard will take you through the installation.

DMG version
- Download the DMG.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and double-click on the the Disk Image to open it and see the program icon.
- To install, drag and drop the 'NoMachine Player' icon to your Applications directory.

RPM version
- Download the RPM.
- Install the package by running from a console:
   $ sudo rpm -i nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm

DEB version
- Download the DEB.
- Install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo dpkg -i nxplayer_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb

TAR.GZ version
- Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory.
- Extract the archive by running from a console:
  $ sudo tar zxvf nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
- Run the setup script for installing the software:
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxplayer --install
 

Documents

Installation and configuration guides for the NoMachine products are available at:

http://www.nomachine.com/documents



The NoMachine Development Team